TALLAHASSEE — A federal appeals court Thursday rejected a commercial fisherman’s constitutional challenge to Florida rules about pompano fishing in federal waters of the Gulf of Mexico. A three-judge ...

(CN) — The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission can restrict where and how state-registered fishing boats may harvest pompano fish in federal waters, a unanimous 11th Circuit panel ruled ...

Pompano have a cult following in Florida. For decades, anglers have flocked to the state’s Atlantic beaches during the winter months to launch bottom rigs tipped with sand fleas in hopes of catching a ...

(CN) — Florida fisherman Tim Daniels took his challenge to the Sunshine State’s regulation on pompano fishing in federal waters to the 11th Circuit on Friday, telling an appeals panel that two state ...

“What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.” — John Steinbeck, “Travels with Charley: In Search of America” Steinbeck must have loved catching bluefish because ...

It was mid-day on May 18 when Troy von Blankenburg and his two spearfishing buddies went over the side of their 25-foot SeaVee boat, the VonZan Deep. They were freediving and looking for big saltwater ...

The subtle migration that's been underway for three months is finally nearing its end. No, I'm not talking about the semi-truck car carriers lined up in front of the condominiums on A1A. I mean in the ...

Could there been a better week of fishing than last week? Seriously, we received great fishing reports from all regions — offshore, nearshore, inshore and freshwater, too. We're in the middle of the ...

Ready for a spring fling? You've probably already heard this, but this year spring came in astronomically at 11:50 p.m. Tuesday. That's when the sun crossed north over the equator, the earliest spring ...

An 18-year-old Georgia angler enjoyed an early Christmas present recently in the form of state-record approval for her catch of a Florida pompano. Chandler E. Simon, of Atlanta, caught the 3-pound, ...

If you buy something through a link in this article, we may earn commission. Pricing and availability are subject to change. Trophy-class pompano can be sight fished in skinny water all winter if you ...